The Space Shot
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We found 10 episodes of The Space Shot with the tag “space history”.
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Episode 429: The Cosmosphere Podcast: The V-2 Rocket
Episode | December 31st, 2021 | Season 4 | 29 mins 55 secs
cosmosphere, launchnext, space history, v-2, v-2 gallery
Check out this encore presentation of the Cosmosphere podcast. In this episode, we talk about the V-2 rocket, its history, and the fully renovated V-2 gallery at the Cosmosphere. This episode has a brand new format and we'd love to hear your thoughts on the new podcast format.
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Episode 422: Apollo 13: 50 Years Later (Part 1)
Episode | April 11th, 2020 | Season 3 | 49 mins 3 secs
apollo, apollo 13, apollo 13 50th anniversary, apollo 50, apollo 50th, apollo program, failure is not an option, mission control, nasa, nasa history, space, space exploration, space history, space race
Part 1 of the Apollo 13 resources and history series. Check out the show notes for a ton of links and resources!
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Episode 416: This Week in Space History- March 9th to the 15th
Episode | March 13th, 2020 | Season 3 | 21 mins 13 secs
forbidden planet, iss, lifting body, nasa history, pi day, pioneer 5, space history, space shuttle, stephen hawking, sts 119, sts 123, sts 29, sts-119, sts-123, sts-29, x-38, yuri gagarin
More space history! I cover everything from Yuri Gagarin to Forbidden Planet this week, check it out.
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Episode 403: GPS Declassified- My Conversation with Richard D. Easton
Episode | December 10th, 2019 | Season 3 | 38 mins 16 secs
aerospace history, author interview, book interview, gps, gps declassified, gps history, richard eason, space history
Here's my conversation with author Richard D. Easton about the book he co-authored with Eric F. Frazier. We talked about the technology behind GPS and his unique connection to the history of GPS! I had a fantastic time interviewing Richard and look forward to having him on the show again!
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Episode 399: The Week in Space History- October 28th to November 3rd
Episode | October 31st, 2019 | Season 3 | 19 mins 42 secs
astronaut, astronauts, challenger, dutch astronaut, expedition 1, explorer 8, john glenn, llrv, lltv, mariner 10, nasa, nasa history, nasa podcast, neil armstrong, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shuttle, sts 61a, sts 66, sts 95, sts-61a, sts-66, sts-95
The week in space history for October 28th to November 3rd. I'm still working through some computer issues. I think I've narrowed things down to a faulty keyboard cable on my laptop that I'm repairing this weekend. I'm still unable to record directly on my Mac, so I'm going through a few extra steps to record podcasts right now. Bear with me as I work through these technical issues.
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Episode 398: The Week in Space History- October 21st-27th
Episode | October 25th, 2019 | Season 3 | 17 mins 17 secs
apollo, apollo 7, approach and landing tests, astronauts, cold war, cold war history, deep space 1, enterprise, history, ion engine, jfk, jfk nixon debate, john c stennis space center, lageos, lageos ii, missile gap, mississippi test facility, nasa history, nedelin catastrophe, nixon, pamela melroy, peggy whitson, shuttle approach and landing tests, shuttle enterprise, space history, space shuttle, space shuttle enterprise, sts 120, sts 52, sts-120, sts-52, uss enterprise
The week in space history for October 21st to the 27th. Apologies for the delay in getting this out. I had some computer difficulties, the joys of an aging laptop, which put me behind.
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Episode 397: The Week in Space History- October 14th-20th
Episode | October 16th, 2019 | Season 3 | 14 mins 22 secs
atlantis, bell x-1, bepicolombo, cassini, cassini launch, deep space network, esa bepicolombo, esa history, galileo mission, glamorous glennis, goes satellite, goes weather, goes weather satellite, history, jupiter, nasa cassini, nasa galileo, nasa history, saturn, sound barrier, space history, space shuttle, space shuttle atlantis, supersonic flight, weather satellite, x-1, x1
The week in space history for October 14th to the 20th. Bell X-1, Cassini, Galileo, BepiColombo, and six scrubs and a launch.
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Episode 395: From Apollo to Artemis and Beyond
Episode | August 4th, 2019 | Season 3 | 49 mins 1 sec
apollo, apollo 11, apollo 11 50th, apollo 13, apollo 50, apollo 50th, artemis, cold war, gemini, history, luna, mercury, moon, moon landing, nasa, nasa apollo, nasa artemis, nasa history, space, space history, space race
From Apollo to Artemis and Beyond. In this episode, you'll hear my presentation I gave a few weeks ago. I covered space history, from before the Apollo program, up to present-day initiatives.
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Episode 394: Go, Flight! A Conversation with Author Rick Houston
Episode | July 18th, 2019 | Season 3 | 21 mins 52 secs
apollo, apollo 11, apollo 50, flight controller, go flight, johnson space center, jsc, milt heflin, mission control, mocr, mocr 2, nasa, nasa flight controller, nasa history, nasa mission control, nasa podcast, oral history, rick houston, space history, space podcast
In this special edition of the Cosmosphere Podcast we hear from author Rick Houston about the book that he co-authored. It's called "Go, Flight! The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control."
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Episode 393: Mission Control, Mission Accomplished and Mars Curiosity with Sarah Lamm
Episode | July 18th, 2019 | Season 3 | 41 mins 58 secs
apollo, apollo 11, apollo 11 50th, cosmosphere, cosmosphere podcast, flight controller, history podcast, houston, jim remar, johnson space center, jsc, mission control, mocr, nasa, nasa history, sarah lamm, space, space history, space podcast
Check out Episode 17 of the Cosmosphere Podcast. This month we hear from the Cosmosphere CEO and President Jim Remar. He gives us an update on the completed MOCR restoration. We also talked with Sarah Lamm, a graduate student, science communicator, and Solar System Ambassador about her work. You'll also hear from Carla about what's up at the Cosmosphere this summer.